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Foundations
of Leadership: A Course for Ministry Professionals:
This college level course (may optionally be taken for undergraduate or graduate
credit) is a must for those who bear responsibility for implementing
comprehensive youth ministry as a community's part-time or full-time youth
ministry professional. Now in its seventh year, this course is offered to
help youth ministry leaders learn about the present Millennial generation,
strategies for implementing Renewing the Vision, and stay abreast of new
developments. Among other resources, we will be discussing implications of
one of the most compelling youth ministry books out today, Youth Ministry 3.0 by
Mark Oestricher, and the longitudinal research from the
National Study of Youth and Religion. Classes are Thursdays,
9:30am-12:30pm from August 26-December 16. For more information
and to register, check out our website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin/training/foundations1.htm
Introduction to Catechetical
Ministry with Adolescents: Forming Young Disciples in the Catholic Faith.
Do you need help developing catechetical programming for your youth ministry
program that is engaging, fun and effective? Do you need to develop a sense of
how to teach young people to embrace Catholicism as a way of life? Join us for
this in-depth mini-course of four 2 1/2 hour sessions on 4 consecutive
Tuesdays, Sep. 21, 28, Oct. 5 and 12 at St. John Parish in Tipp City.
Cost is only $10 per session ($40 for the series). For more information and to
register, go to our website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and click on the ICMA link in center of the
page.
Cast
Your Nets 2010: The OYYAM, Vocations Office and
regional youth ministry associations are collaborating on an exciting series of youth
events called Cast Your Nets. It is an evening of Sunday Eucharist,
praise and worship, a keynote presentation, snacks and more, with
priests available for the sacrament of reconciliation. All events are
Sundays, 5-9:00 PM. The next event will
take place at St. Luke Parish in Beavercreek on Oct. 24.
Take advantage of this opportunity to gather your youth with others in the
archdiocese to be invigorated in their faith and become new
disciples of Christ. The events are free, so just go to our website for more information:
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin/CYN. Also, receive more current
updates by becoming a fan on Facebook. Find the link on the
CYN homepage.
Parents, Catholic schools and parishes have every reason to worry that
our young people are drifting away from the Church. In a major
national study it was discovered that, despite all the wonderful
programs, initiatives and guidance that parishes and schools provide,
Catholic teenagers consistently scored lower on most measures of
religiosity — 5 to 25 percentage points lower than their conservative,
mainline, and black Protestant peers.
This eye-opening presentation will:
* Explore the startling findings of the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR)
* Redirect our efforts towards what will really make a difference in the faith of teens
* Offer practical steps to respond to the challenges we face
Presentations can be geared for any audience (i.e., parents or a
parish staff). This may be a particularly great time to schedule a
presentation for parents in conjunction with Sacramental preparation.
For more information, check out the website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin/.
A
Taste of Mission: Join Comboni Missionaries (1318 Nagel Rd. in
Cincinnati, OH 45255) for a night filled with food, fun, entertainment and
more on Friday, August 27 from 6-10 PM. Enjoy things such as:
merchandise, art and jewelry from mission countries; a taste of mission foods;
beer from around the world; face painting and other activities for children;
entertainment from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati African American Ministries
Gospel Choir; Medasi African Theatre Drummers and Dancers; and Peruvian
Dancers. Admission is FREE. 
Win a
Free Trip to World Youth Day Spain! Become a digital witness for the faith.
Goodness Reigns: Share the Story is an outreach effort that fuses
the imagination of youth and young adults with the art of filmmaking to produce
short films about the Catholic faith. Goodness Reigns is hosting a FREE
competition to encourage students and others to create and submit a short film. Participants are eligible to win prizes
that include free travel packages to attend World Youth Day Spain. There is a
young adult group category, a youth group category and an individual category. For more information and to register,
check out www.goodnessreigns.com.
Enroll your teens in a Theology of the Body class: Young Catholics are
surrounded by influences that challenge their faith and morals every day. These
challenges call for more than a "do this, don't do that" approach to
catechesis. Using a great
mix of stories, real-life examples, activities, prayers and references to the
culture that teens understand, Theology of the Body for Teens answers the
questions teens have about their own bodies, issues on sexual morality, and how
they were uniquely created for greatness. Our fall session meets on Wednesday
evenings Sep. 15-Nov. 17 from 7-9PM.
For pricing and more information (and
to have a look at their adult offerings as well), check
out their upcoming schedule at
www.ruahwoods.org. 
Marching
With the Saints:
The time is now to prepare for the 2010 NCCYM in New Orleans. The next
National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry, Marching with the Saints,
will be held December 9-12, 2010. The NCCYM is the largest adult
conference for Catholic Youth Ministers in the country. It is sponsored
biennially on even numbered years by the National Federation for Catholic Youth
Ministry in order to help form and transform adults ministering to youth in the
Catholic church. Thousands of youth and campus ministers, religious education
leaders, performers and artists and volunteers from every level come together
for four days of inspiring keynotes, challenging workshops, dynamic prayer and
worship, helpful networking, extensive resources, and good-hearted
entertainment. For more information and to register, check out the website
at: nccym.nfcym.org/ 
CREDO:
I Believe is a great way to kick off your youth ministry year. CREDO is a
Eucharist-centered retreat that gives young people an opportunity to grow in
their relationship to Christ and the Church, and encourages them to become
active in their parishes and in the programs of the Archdiocese. The weekend
includes Mass, adoration, sacraments, fellowship, music, prayer, reflection, and
talks by some fantastic speakers. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr
will be joining us on Saturday and celebrating the Mass. This high-energy
retreat will take place at Archbishop Moeller High School the weekend of Sept. 24-26,
2010. Kick off your youth ministry year with gusto and get your youth
excited! Check out the website at
www.credoibelieve.org.
Autumn
Ignatian Retreats: This
autumn, the Jesuit
Spiritual Center at Milford is sponsoring eight 3-day Ignatian Retreats
based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. The
retreats are silent, available for both men and women, and directed by Jesuits
including Fr. Tom Ryan, SJ; Fr. Lou Lipps, SJ; and Fr. Cy Whitaker, SJ.
The retreats are held in one of the two large retreat buildings situated on the Center's
quiet 37-acre campus. For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10, or
visit
www.jesuitspiritualcenter.com.
Personally
Directed Retreat: The Jesuit
Spiritual Center is offering a Personally Directed Retreat October 8-15. This individual and silent retreat
will offer participants a quiet time spent in the tradition of the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius, and are available for both men and women. Each day
will include Mass and a 45-minute meeting with a carefully selected spiritual
director. Although the retreat lasts for seven days, accommodations can be
made for shorter stays. Come
away to the beautiful grounds of the Jesuit Spiritual Center for a retreat that
fits both your schedule and your needs. For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10, or
visit
www.jesuitspiritualcenter.com.
A Prayer Time for Everything:
We live in the midst of a busy, often noisy world, where many different forces
and voices call us in conflicting directions and vie for our time, our energy,
our allegiance. The Jesuit Spiritual Center
will offer a retreat September 17-19 focusing on prayer.
This retreat will offer an opportunity to slow down and to focus
on the actual possibility of developing a rich prayer life in the midst of the
routine chaos of our lives which can often feel fragmented, out of balance, or
out of control. Special attention will be given to the role of gratitude in
developing a healthy, balanced life with God, with self, and with others.
The retreat, led
by Fr. John Ferone, SJ, will be open to both men and women. For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10,
or visit
www.jesuitspiritualcenter.com.
Youth Ministry Access: Do you wish you had the latest and
greatest resources at your fingertips? Youth Ministry Access, an
online subscription for leaders, has hundreds of fully-designed sessions for
gathered youth nights, extended events, and retreats, for high school and
middle school. It has online training for your youth and adults, journal
articles, and non-gathered ideas to connect to youth and family, all for as
little as $2.88 or $4.33 a week. Visit the Youth Ministry Access preview site,
and download free materials:
http://secure.cmdnet.org/access_main.cfm.
Best wishes to you in your ministry with youth!
The
Search Institute has launched a website for parents,
MVParents, to help give them the
tools they need to know how to help their kids succeed with resources on
everyday parenting, discipline and values, how to spend more time together,
information on high-risk behaviors, and much more. On the website you can find a
host of resources such as: activity ideas, conversation starters, e-cards, a
newsletter, and access to the MVParents store. Check out the site at
www.mvparents.com 
Need an easier way to
communicate with your teens or staff? Can't decide whether to send an e-mail,
text message or Facebook posting? Check out
www.Flocknote.com, a free, new
Catholic website that could be perfect for your Catholic parish. Here's a brief
description of how the site works: Catholic group leaders simply create
"feeds" for every group that they lead. They can then post notes and documents
on this feed to share with their members. Then, group members subscribe to
the feeds and choose how they want to receive their notes: by email, text
message, Facebook , or on the website itself. You can even attach documents that
group members can download - like newsletters, event flyers, permission slips,
etc. And the best part? It's 100% free - and 100% Catholic. So check
out the website and give it a try!
E-mails and addresses change quickly this day and age, and sometimes it is difficult for us to keep up.
Please go to our website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and click on the mailing list update link on the bottom of the
page. Please fill it out, hit submit, and you're done! If you know anyone who is no longer
receiving this youth ministry e-zine but would like to, invite them to fill one out too. Return as
often as you like, whenever anything changes.
ABOUT THE E-News: The Youth Ministry E-News is a periodic on-line publication of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. The Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry frequently forwards information about church-related youth ministry events and opportunities as a service to the youth ministry leaders of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Forwarding information does not imply Archdiocesan endorsement, sponsorship or approval. For more details about youth ministry opportunities offered specifically by our office, check out our website at www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin.
Peace,
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
E-mail:
cintioym@catholiccincinnati.org